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Best pre 78 125
« on: January 08, 2011, 09:39:57 pm »
What is the best 125 for the pre 75 , yamy and suz are popular , what about the honda and kawa?

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Re: Best pre 78 125
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2011, 10:57:07 pm »
pre 78 or pre 75?
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Re: Best pre 78 125
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2011, 11:14:41 pm »
RM 125 S, A ,b no contest  ;) Kawasaki and Honda  :P Yamaha if your happy with 2nd place  ;D

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Re: Best pre 78 125
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2011, 08:59:50 am »
Not my thing but I would say RM B
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Re: Best pre 78 125
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2011, 09:39:30 am »
Pre 75: Honda, Kawasaki, daylight, Yamaha, everything else.

Pre 78: YZ-D if you're fat and/or can't keep the RM on song, otherwise the RM-B. About a week's worth of daylight back to the other options, although the RM-A and YZ-X are OK.
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Re: Best pre 78 125
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2011, 09:42:19 am »
Give me an RM any day just nice!!!
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Re: Best pre 78 125
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2011, 10:02:07 am »
The RM125B was one of the nicest and fastest 125's straight out of the crate. That would be my choice.

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Re: Best pre 78 125
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2011, 10:02:55 am »
Yes I mean to say pre 78, the honda is good for the pre75, but looks to low for the pre78 race. can they be made better

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Re: Best pre 78 125
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2011, 12:24:09 pm »
montesa va125
i have ridden them all this little baby
is the goods ;)
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Re: Best pre 78 125
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2011, 12:38:26 pm »
What does a 77 model Kawasaki look like, a 76 Kawasaki would look like a 74,75 model l would link. l think the best bike would be the one you would like to ride, in today vmxracing it shouldn`t matter, just by the one you would like to race and you will enjoy it more.

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Re: Best pre 78 125
« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2011, 12:40:04 pm »
montesa va125
i have ridden them all this little baby
is the goods ;)

I owned one of these and it was the most sexy little thing.
It was slower than an Tax refund and blew up constantly even when I gave up and paid O'Brien to build the motor for me it only last 10 laps before it blew up again.    
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Re: Best pre 78 125
« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2011, 12:44:20 pm »
montesa va125
i have ridden them all this little baby
is the goods ;)

What's the secret to yours Rusty? It seems to keep going and going (although I know you had some trouble with it at The Nats one year). They look great! :)

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Re: Best pre 78 125
« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2011, 12:49:25 pm »
I was sponsored on the elsinores, and the RM125 S too, both great bikes, the elsinore was my pick over the too, but in 1979 l raced a KX 125, and l thought it was a slug, the honda 73 to 75 was a much better bike. Later models got bigger and heavier. The 74 model Kx 125 A which l have now was one bike l would have liked to have ridden back in 1974, but my sponsorship kept me from not having one. The montesa VB 125 was a better looking bike than the A model, but it also was to late, and also had the same problem that the A model had.
My choice would be for pre 78 and that would be a well sorted Rm B model if you are looking for teller suspension if not l would buy a Honda. where do you live Lucien as my nephew has a very nice B model and he lives in Brisbane he may sell it.
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Re: Best pre 78 125
« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2011, 03:32:44 pm »
Your nephew has a A Dave with PE forks. It also now has one very fast motor after I built it. They never made a KX in 77 Dave and I cant see a 79 KX being slower than a 73 to 75 CR.
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Re: Best pre 78 125
« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2011, 07:03:38 pm »
their wouldn~T be much difference between a RM A,B